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Intro to Art History for High School Part III (Asian and African Art)

Completed by 46 learners
Ages 13-18
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In-depth, ten-week art history class for high school students, exploring the artistic traditions and histories of Asia and Africa! Taught by a College Professor!
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Live video meetings
1x per week, 10 weeks
5-12 learners per class
50 min

What's included

10 live meetings
8 hrs 20 mins in-class hours
Homework
1-2 hours per week. Each week, students will respond to questions that correlate with the week's topics in 1-2 paragraphs. There are two larger writing assignments--one visual analysis where the student describes a work of art in detail and one short research paper where the students select an art form from a community we will explore and write a five-paragraph exploration of the art form.
Assessment
Learner progress is assessed through in-class discussions, online discussions, and written assignments. Grades available upon request.
Grading
included

Class Experience

US Grade 9 - 12
Beginner - Intermediate Level
In this class, students will explore the development of artistic production throughout world history over the course of ten weeks, starting with Asian art moving into African art. This class is designed for students aged 13-18 as a way of exploring art histories that they may not encounter in traditional introductory courses that tend to be Eurocentric in nature. Students will be able to identify key historical events that shaped the history of various Asian and African traditions, different art techniques and styles, and the cultural significance of each style of art, such as religious or political factors. Students will look at arts from the ancient period through the contemporary period in this course. Each week, students will attend a 50-minute lecture and participate in a class discussion in the classroom message boards on the given topic for the week. Students will participate in two writing assignments over the course of the semester to invite students to think critically about artworks that interest them. 

While this is "Part III" in the Introduction to Art History Series, it is not necessary to take them in order! Students interested in Asian and African art are welcome to join this course without taking Parts I and II first!

The class schedule can be found in the syllabus section!

Learning Goals

--The characteristics of art of different movements and cultures
--How to think critically about art and images that are presented to you

Syllabus

Curriculum
Follows Teacher-Created Curriculum
Standards
Aligned with National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies (NCSS)
10 Lessons
over 10 Weeks
Lesson 1:
Introductions and Early China
 We will situate ourselves in the Asian continent and evaluate maps of the areas we will explore in this class. We will move from east to west in the class, from China to Western Africa. In this first week, we start our dive into the long-lasting artistic traditions of China. We will look at some of the earliest surviving works from the area, including bronze and pottery, discussing why more materials do not survive. We will discuss the importance of precious materials, specifically Porcelain. 
50 mins online live lesson
Lesson 2:
Chinese Painting and Intro to Japan
 Students will continue their exploration of Chinese art traditions. We will evaluate different styles of Chinese calligraphy and painting and discuss how different dynasties had different expectations. Specifically, we will unpack the traditions of ink-wash painting and courtly, silk painting. In this class, we will highlight the dual practices of Chinese art--meditative, religious art creation and courtly art production. Time given, we will introduce the arts of Japan in this class. 
50 mins online live lesson
Lesson 3:
Japan
 First, we will learn about the history of Japanese printwork, looking at some of Japan's most famous artists--Hiroshige and Hokusai! We will discuss techniques for creating prints, specifically ukiyo-e, and how they impacted Western art after the end of Japanese isolationism. Further, we will discuss the importance of paper art, or origami,  and how it has developed over time. Finally, we will spend a bit looking at Manga, Anime, and how they connect to earlier traditions. 
50 mins online live lesson
Lesson 4:
Southeast Asia and Buddhist Traditions
 We will focus on how Buddhism has impacted the arts in this area of the world in different ways. For example, we will travel to Tibet and look at sand mandalas as an emanation of the Buddhist belief that materials are transitory and constantly changing. We will also evaluate large scale relief sculptures of Indonesia and how they represent the human form. Finally, students will travel to Cambodia to the temple at Ankgor Wat, the largest religious site in the world. 
50 mins online live lesson

Other Details

Learning Needs
This class is ideal for those with unique learning needs. Students will be provided with study guides after each class for continued support and have access to all recordings for each week. Students can opt out of assignments if preferred.
Parental Guidance
Artwork may contain nudity or violence. Students will discuss historical events, such as Apartheid and colonization processes, that are necessary for understanding the art produced during these periods.
Supply List
Additional resources will be available to learners in the classroom following each class.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Sources
Students will be provided with outside resources after every class to elaborate on our lessons, available online. Sources used include university lectures, art historical textbooks, including Gardner's Art Through the Ages and Stokstad's Art History, cultural center websites from these regions, and museum information. Whenever possible, information will be pulled from institutions grounded within these areas, as to inform the discussion from a decolonized perspective. When available, primary sources from the time period and area are used to include these voices prominently.

Meet the teacher

Joined September, 2018
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Master's Degree in History from University of Colorado at Boulder
I have been teaching art history for seven years now. I started my career teaching at the university level and in museums and have been teaching art history on Outschool since 2018. I developed this introductory series for middle and high schoolers so that they could have a foundation for talking about the arts earlier than at the college level and be exposed to history in a new way! Further, this course is particularly important, as we are covering art and communities that are traditionally ignored by art historical study. I have been studying art history for nearly a decade and want to teach students that there is more to art than European voices. I have taken a large number of courses in my own Graduate studies covering these topics from a decolonized perspective and from experts in the fields of non-Western art historical study. I have a Masters's degree in Art History, where I focused on the exclusionary nature of Art History and use my knowledge of the structure of the discipline to decolonize my approaches for my students. Additionally, I have worked with the Denver Art Museum on researching objects from their Indigenous collections, specifically Kiowa cradleboards and beadwork. I have a certificate in Foundations for Transforming Teaching and Learning about Native Americans from the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC in addition to my formal education. These lectures are adapted from lectures that I taught at the university level. 

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